Historical Train Stations

[TomTack]

The densest railway system in the world belongs to Belgium. Belgium's oldest main line is that between Brussels and Malines, opened on May 5, 1835. This resulted in many architectural masterpieces, some examples:

Ostend, 1838:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/142702938_18a1b45744.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Oostende/Oostende_Main_Hall.jpg

Essen, 1901:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2686536223_45ac327b40.jpg

Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Brussels) ,1865:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2101473417_2aa3242be3.jpg

Laken (Brussels) ,1856:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2695429681_1e47f242d2.jpg

Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Brussels), 1884:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/3521141911_57d8e5aa15.jpg

Harelbeke,1896:
http://www.harelbeke.be/files/toer02/station.jpg

Elsene (Brussels), 1854:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2969574351_a7634c0f66.jpg

Schaarbeek (Brussels), 1913:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2282079955_e884b79838.jpg

Oostkamp, 1865:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/460561881_928bdaabc0.jpg

Ternat, 1856:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/356274472_92199da20c.jpg

Willebroek, 1914:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/3377540.jpg

De Haan, 1902:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/De_Haan_-_Tram_station.jpg

Opwijk, 1879:
http://cheminsdurail.ligne54.be/Leireken13-Opwijk.JPG

Mechelen, 1913:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2628504893_2f4a9ec9bf.jpg

Avelgem, 1924:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2950445412_e83a4caca2.jpg

Ronse, 1844:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3300668009_5f86bb68cd.jpg

Oudenaarde, 1857:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3881857565_c36f2e7e2b.jpg

Moere, 1867:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/1468470484_cf669e0f23.jpg

Diksmuide, 1923:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/3409008527_f97501d16b.jpg

Herne, 1867:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2132/2487341789_eeff009a72.jpg

Aalst, 1856:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/158096704_f1f74a295e.jpg

Jette (Brussels), 1856:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2545391883_d86fcbe3d5.jpg

Bissegem, 1853:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3404669990_a68519abb6.jpg

Lier, 1861:
http://www.roepingen.be/w-onderweg/figuren/station%20Lier.JPG

Leuven, 1875:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/333275071_c466bbc5a1.jpg

Sint-Genesius-Rode (Brussels), 1873:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/253/457042089_725bab1a0e.jpg

Ghent, 1908:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/801265316_66ab7a32ae.jpg?v=0

http://s3.amazonaws.com/picable/2009/09/10/1331511_GentSint-Pieters-Station_620.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gent-Sint-Pieters_sp1.jpg/250px-Gent-Sint-Pieters_sp1.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2j4ovgo.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Ghent/be_032_GENT_sp.jpg

Arlon,1885:
http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0000239aa.jpg

Charleroi, 1858:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b139/Eric78/MediaNTL75_gare_existant.jpg

Chaudfontaine, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Chaudfontaine/080823-01.jpg

Bastogne, 1869:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Bastogne/050806-095.jpg

De Panne, 1870:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/De_Panne/depanne2.jpg

Essen, 1854:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Station_Essen.jpg

Geel, 1878:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Geel/stationgeel2r.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Geel/stationgeel3r.jpg

Houyet, 1894:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Houyet/20030718_Houyet_006.jpg

Old station build by King Leopold II to access to his castle in Houyet:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/1332082354_81cf9a5b0c.jpg

Kontich, 1836:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/23840810.jpg

Mariembourg, 1854:
http://www.xerbutri.nl/pict/verdwenen/L132_2/L132_2_0.JPG

Mouscron, 1842:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Mouscron-Moeskroen/mouscron1.jpg

Neerpelt, 1866:
http://static.zoom.nl/7e18e8cd38173128d1d7cbbc04be4e33-station-neerpelt-2.jpg

Tournai, 1842:
http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/508/434/20081026/dyn001_original_980_735_pjpeg_2508434_897b278a3df73ac58f35aa80045746c7.jpg

Verviers, 1930:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DlHhaFUfr1s/R3eCnI84xEI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/PNb4uzveXvg/GARE+TRES+BIEN.JPG

http://trainbelge.fte2.org/am/267%20-%20Verviers%20Central%20-%2003-06-09.jpg

Soignies, 1890:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/800px-Soignies_GA1aJPG.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/Soignies_GA1bJPG.jpg

Namur, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/misc/070915-108.jpg

Trooz, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/misc/trooz1.jpg

Antwerp, 1905:
http://arrigi.be/got/hdr/20080806_21h25m_HDR-station.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/3749738203_fededf12cb_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3590400054_16f6a552eb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3335315938_ab02064e4c.jpg

http://www.sky4studios.be/private/station/DSC_0667.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww67/meurisse/14%20Wervenroute%2017%20mei%202009/IMG_4224.jpg

http://libellle2.web-log.nl/libellle2/images/2008/12/21/antwerpen.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3104775427_7573a8f23d.jpg

[Chadoh25]

Beautiful!

[buho]

Valencia (Spain)

Modernist train station built between 1906 and 1917.

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270004-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270004.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270002-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270002.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270003-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270003.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270005-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270005.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270006-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270006.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270007-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270007.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270008-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270008.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/comunidad_valenciana/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/valencia_valencia/fotos/1270009-V-VAL-EST-NOR-1270009.jpg

[buho]

Toledo (Spain)

1919 train station, neo-mudejar style.

http://www.monumentalnet.org/castilla_la_mancha/toledo/toledo/toledo/fotos/1270001-TO-TOL-EST-TRE-TOL-1270001.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/castilla_la_mancha/toledo/toledo/toledo/fotos/1270005-TO-TOL-EST-TRE-TOL-1270005.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/castilla_la_mancha/toledo/toledo/toledo/fotos/1270009-TO-TOL-EST-TRE-TOL-1270009.jpg

http://www.monumentalnet.org/castilla_la_mancha/toledo/toledo/toledo/fotos/1270011-TO-TOL-EST-TRE-TOL-1270011.jpg

[Dr.Mabuse]

Antwerp is best in this thread^^

[marbytom]

Katowice- Poland
Train Stations (1972)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/519924541_41f8769966.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1184/1395691495_74b421c0fe.jpg?v=0

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/szapoklak/DSCF8664.jpg[/QUOTE]

http://www.adamwalanus.pl/katowice96/9615ac.JPG

http://www.adamwalanus.pl/katowice96/9615ab.JPG

http://www.adamwalanus.pl/katowice96/9615ad.JPG

[deanhanson]

I saw the photos and Some of the photos are not looking like the railway stations. Those are the amazing photos. I am not having any words for it.

[TomTack]

Train station of Veurne, Belgium, 1895:

http://stationspostkaart.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/veurne.jpg

http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0001239aa.jpg

[TomTack]

Station Châtelet, Belgium, 1843:

http://stationspostkaart.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chatelet.jpg?w=640&h=388

http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/963/chatelet5.jpg

[TomTack]

Train station Turnhout, Belgium, 1896:

http://www.gazetvanturnhout.be/wp/wp-content/uploads/station.jpg

http://media.cultuurnet.be/media/B744B218-E90F-E467-99E6CBB087ABE324.jpg

[Marcanadian]

Not too many in Toronto, but here's Union:

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/union-station-toronto-cdn1203.jpg

http://dailydigitalphoto.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/toronto-union-station.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/3936900_11d24d55a5_b.jpg

[Union.SLO]

Ljubljana, Slovenia:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/unionslo/ZelezniskaPostaja-Ljubljana.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/unionslo/P5180278-1.jpg

Celje, Slovenia:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/unionslo/IMG_2872.jpg

Nova Gorica, Slovenia:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/unionslo/pictures_TB_attractions_1_2004_52_2.jpg

[hakan44]

Haydarpaşa - İstanbul/Turkey 1906

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3050/karahitay10072281.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7100/tolgakonukhaydarpasa1.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5165/erolgunduzhaydarpasa471.jpg

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5259/harunmazigunbiterkenhay.jpg

[southwestforests]

Wow. Brickwork, ironwork, and towers are favorite features.
Some of these really show imagination and craftsmanship above the norm.

Interiors of a couple of these ought to be classed as national treasures.

[incredibil]

Suceava-Burdujeni/Romania 1869
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9570/burdujeni1.jpg
by blu3pc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7826574@N03/)
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6131/burdujeni2.jpg
by Andrei Chitic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aka_komodo/)
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/773/burdujeni3.jpg
by 19M (http://www.flickr.com/photos/19m/)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5186/burdujeni4.jpg
by 19M (http://www.flickr.com/photos/19m/)
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7339/burdujeni5.jpg
by Andrei Chitic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aka_komodo/)
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8945/burdujeni6.jpg
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7144/burdujeni7.jpg

[kuquito]

Amazing location.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5165/erolgunduzhaydarpasa471.jpg

[spiralout]

melbourne's flinders st station
http://www.thecollectormm.com.au/private/FlinderStation2.jpg

[Kevin_01]

Paris

Gare du Nord
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/imak/2007/06/26/gare_du_nord.jpg

Gare de Lyon
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Paris_GareDeLyon_FacadeEtTourDeLHorloge.JPG

Gare Saint-Lazare
http://www.paris-gisors.com/images/Gare_Saint-Lazare_Facade.jpg

Lyon

Gare de la Part-Dieu
http://www.cybevasion.fr/photos2/lyon-part-dieu-gare-sncf-1.jpg

[JoseRodolfo]

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

[hineliyaa]

How do I find out if there are any train stations that would take me four hours away from a certian location.

Example: Moline to Aurora(In Illinois)

[Zerg]

Zagreb Glavni kolodvor

http://www.putovnica.net/slike/vijesti/zagreb-glavni-kolodvor.jpg

http://www.kontakttours.hr/tmp/skolski-izleti/promet-u-gradu/1237982483000_Zagreb%20Glavni%20kolodvor_-1.jpg

http://exploringcroatia.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/GLKLDVR1.jpg

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1215/10479667.JPG

[NikoCA]

This is the Central Station of the 'Ferrocarril de La Sabana' in Bogota, Colombia. I know its at the other side of the World but its interesting to compare its architecture, as it keeps its neoclassical style and the strict laws followed by the English Engineer William Lidstore during its construction in 1924.

Central Station - 1930
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Estacion_Sabana_1930.jpg/300px-Estacion_Sabana_1930.jpg

Central Station - Actual
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yn3go0y7KRM/SwoCzYtyy7I/AAAAAAAAAZM/cOSEi8wuP3U/s1600/ferrocarrilesnacionales4uv.jpg

PD: Nowadays, the train operates only for tourism purposes and recently for load haul.

[Benonie]

Helsinki Central Station:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Helsinki_Railway_Station_20050604.jpg

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/central-station-helsinki-sf130.jpg

Amsterdam Central Station:

http://www.simonho.org/images/photographs_netherlands/Amsterdam_Centraal.jpg

http://www.bna.nl/binaries/dvda/beeld-activiteiten-2009/32-amsterdam-web.jpg

[Askario]

Kazan station:
http://photos.streamphoto.ru/6/0/0/ff45b8e2e6162aa419be754fae54b006.jpg

Built in 1896.

[JoseRodolfo]

in São Paulo - Brasil:


Luz Station

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/joserodolfo/Topico%20Sao%20Paulo%20do%20meu%20Cotidiano/IMG_3206vLarge.jpg

http://architetour.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/estacao-da-luz.jpg

http://www.baixaki.com.br/usuarios/imagens/wpapers/461989-11042-1280.jpg

http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/l/fotos/luz061.jpg


Julio Prestes Station

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Esta%C3%A7%C3%A3o_J%C3%BAlio_Prestes_-_fachada.jpg

http://www.saopaulominhacidade.com.br/fotos/julio-prestes.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2970601310_2835def21c_o.jpg

[540_804]

Main Street Station in Richmond, VA, USA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/4201704171_6512b4b9c0_b.jpg

[Falshivomonetchick]

Old railway station in Yekaterinburg (1878, Russian revival style), railway museum after 2003.
http://i.uralweb.ru/albums/fotos/files/b11/o_b11c3e33af38ac0e68ed728c3ad97931.jpg

http://i.uralweb.ru/albums/fotos/files/2ef/o_2ef45e156a82344914b252933bc8708a.jpg

http://i.uralweb.ru/albums/fotos/files/104/o_104524ff6f6b16583cbb3bb6bf8234bf.jpg

http://i.uralweb.ru/albums/fotos/files/471/o_471bef2ea20dfa797740d08897e0a4e8.jpg

http://i.uralweb.ru/albums/fotos/files/8bc/o_8bc3a50cde717137a00ab2f8fa7d7c6b.jpg

[frozen]

more spanish stations:

ESTACIÓ DE FRANÇA (Barcelona)

"A railway station was first built here in the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from France (as its name still suggests), but also for services to North East Catalonia and the Costa Brava.

Re-built and re-opened for the 1929 International Exhibition, the two monumental buildings that make up the station were designed by the architect Pedro Muguruza and inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII. They surround the railway tracks in the shape of a 'U'. In total, the station's structure is 29m tall and 195m long.
It is generally seen as the city's most beautiful station. It is worth seeing in its own right for the restrained mix of classical and more modern styles - complete with decoration in marble, bronze and crystal, and modernista and art déco motifs. Over the last three decades it has been eclipsed as Barcelona’s main station by the subterranean sprawl of Sants. Indeed, the other stations of Barcelona are all at least partly underground, França being the only exception."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona_Estaci%C3%B3_de_Fran%C3%A7a




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[andreseloy200]

Very beautiful alll the Train Stations displayed in this thread, all are architectural jewels.

Union Station (Washington, D.C. USA.)

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908.
It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreseloy200/sets/72157622594057959/

[Chadoh25]

Beautiful! We use to have a lovely station here in Columbus. But like so much, they leveled it in the 70s for the convention center. =-0(

[Dr.Mabuse]

Wiesbaden if it hasn't been posted before, if it, then again Wiesbaden!

http://www.bahnhofsansichten.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/wiesbaden-bahnhof.jpg
http://www.bahnhofsansichten.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/wiesbaden-bahnhof.jpg

http://img.pte.at/photo_db/hi_res/hires27880.jpg
http://img.pte.at/photo_db/hi_res/hires27880.jpg
http://img.pte.at/photo_db/hi_res/hires27880.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/4/4c/Hauptbahnhof_03.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/4/4c/Hauptbahnhof_03.jpg

http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/87/Wiesbaden_Railroad_Station.jpg
http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/87/Wiesbaden_Railroad_Station.jpg